cockercas Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Right now I'm lamping solo with a lightforce 170 scope mounted as its to far for my mate to come for the 20min I'm out. Now I'm suffering very bad glare thru the scope enough even to make the eyes of the fox hard to see. The lamp is mounted as far forward and on top of the scope. The gun is a .243 with a T8 mod with a black neoprene cover on and a black sock from the mod to under the scope. The scope is a 4-10x45 pecar Berlin. I've tried covering the bottom half of the lamp with tape and even when I hold the lamp in my hand on the fore end of the gun I suffer this glear. Any other ideas or do I need to scrap the scope. The rifle is in front of me and looking at it the mod is about half the hight of the scope if that helps. This is driving me mad seen as I've been unable to shoot 4 foxes in the scope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Fitting a flip-up cover to the objective lens helps cast a shadow onto the moderator. I put some extra vinyl on the flip-up to blot-out more of the reflection. Seemed to work very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 move the lamp back on the scope. your getting the glare from the mod so moving the lamp to the back of the scope will give you the shadow, a flip up front scope cover will also add to the shadow. failing that, mount the lamp under the rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Extra long sun shade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Been loads of posts about the same problem. To solve it stick some insulation tape accross the front of the scope lense about 1/2 inch off the bottom, you will find that will do the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Thanks for the reply lads I'll move the lamp back and try the insulation tape. I don't have enough room between the barrel and the scope for some flip up covers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 Been having the same problem with my lightforce 170 on the .222........took off the neoprene cover on the t8 and Bobs your uncle.....no more glare....very strange but true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytim38 Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 tried all of the above and the only thing that cured it was fitting a sunshade, now its perfect :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooter Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 IF you don't get any joy try using a plastic plant pot. Get one that has a mouth that will go over the lens of the lamp. Cut the bottom off it. Fasten it over the lens like a cone, so that the light shines through the hole where the bottom used to be. It works like a search light, but projects the beam forward quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_in_the_midlands Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) I asked the same question back in February: http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/156834-light-reflecting-off-moderator/page__p__1333445__hl__reflecting__fromsearch__1#entry1333445 After a lot of helpful advice, I finally determined that the problem light reflected off the back of the moderator was comming directly from the bulb. I solved it with a small piece of tape on the front of the lamp, directly in line with the front of the bulb and the back of the moderator. Edited May 22, 2011 by ian_in_the_midlands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted May 22, 2011 Report Share Posted May 22, 2011 A piece of stiffish but flexible plastic sheet, 8" long by 6" wide taped to the bottom of the lamp - a sort of reduced Cooter scheme. Was so relieved to cure the problem that I've never bothered doing 'owt else, but Ian's idea makes sense and keep meaning to have a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundaybain Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 I asked the same question back in February: http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?/topic/156834-light-reflecting-off-moderator/page__p__1333445__hl__reflecting__fromsearch__1#entry1333445 After a lot of helpful advice, I finally determined that the problem light reflected off the back of the moderator was comming directly from the bulb. I solved it with a small piece of tape on the front of the lamp, directly in line with the front of the bulb and the back of the moderator. Any chance of a pic mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) simply I'm yet to make lamping on a centerfire work properly. The archer is the single best thing I've bought for shooting foxes single handed, long battery life easy to carry and good to 200 yards. No leads no glare just dead foxes though not cheap it reduces the need for expensive scopes and can be switched rifle to rifle and obviously you don't get lamp shy ones. Had a cracking sized dog fox last night in very hard conditions long grass only a small area and some tramlines clear, watched it go one way a quick squeak it came back and a quick shot job done. You find compared to lamping you can ***** the situation better and without the pressure of the fox being aware that something is up. Edited June 21, 2012 by al4x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 My old man had trouble with his light force 170 but not his smaller light force think it was a 140. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Been having the same problem with my lightforce 170 on the .222........took off the neoprene cover on the t8 and Bobs your uncle.....no more glare....very strange but true Same here, also got a mate of mine to spray the T8 matt black.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 A Blue Peter approach may work for you in the same way it worked for me and smaller lamps: A kitchen roll tube sprayed or inked black over the end of the scope can work wonders for stopping the lamp light seeing the sound mod. Tape up the outer diameter of the objective bell to make the tube a decent fit, sounds like it wont need much. The tube can be removed and kept in the gunbag when not needed daytimes, and it doesn't matter if it gets flattened. It looks cheap, is cheap but as you know it'll get lit up with everything else when you 'spot with it. Unfortunately the large LF lamp will affect your natural nite-eyes when scanning/spotting and really is a long range lamping partners tool rather than a solo gun lamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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